The threshing ground was crowded with people and very lively.
The projectionist had already arrived and had dinner at the captain's house. He was debugging the machine with a bamboo stick in his mouth.
The area was crowded with adults and children. These machines were rare not only to the children but also to the adults.
Li Xiyue and Huang Xinrui came together, each holding a few bags of snacks in their hands, and started eating before the movie started.
Everyone at the educated youth point came, even the two injured cousins came despite their disabilities.
Li Xiyue asked Zhou Yunxia, "Chen Yu hasn't been here for several days. What is he busy with?"
"How would I know? Sister Xiyue, you are more familiar with him, you know him better than me." Zhou Yunxia said.
Li Xiyue laughed, "I'm not as familiar with him as you are."
Ever since Zhou Yunxia's leg injury healed, Chen Yu has not stayed overnight at the educated youth camp, but he would come over every now and then. It seems that he hasn't seen him for a while recently.
Is he going on a mission?
"Who knows him well? I don't even know him." Zhou Yunxia was quite angry and pulled Xu Shanshan, "There's a seat over there, let's go sit."
Huang Xinrui leaned close to Li Xiyue's ear and said, "I know, the two seemed to have had an argument, and Comrade Chen Yu was angry and left."
"Why?" Li Xiyue asked curiously after taking a bite of the orchid root.
Huang Xinrui shook her head. "I don't know about that."
Since there was no more gossip to eat, Li Xiyue started talking to everyone about movies.
Many people prepared snacks, which were nothing more than fried peanuts, melon seeds, broad beans, soybeans, etc. Some children had a few pieces of candy in their hands, which were leftovers from the Chinese New Year. They were reluctant to eat them on weekdays, but their parents took them out today when watching a movie.
"Yueyue, I have fried soybeans here. I fried them myself. They are still hot, fragrant and crispy, sprinkled with salt and chili powder. They are delicious. I'll give you a bag." Grandma Yu stuffed food into her mouth as soon as she saw her.
People here like spicy food, so they put chili peppers in their dishes and sometimes sprinkle chili powder on snacks.
Li Xiyue can eat spicy food, so after taking it, he gave her a bag of orchid roots.
"I'm old and can't eat it anymore. You keep it." Grandma Yu refused to take it.
Li Xiyue gave it to Xu Lanlan and Hu Zi who were beside her, "Give it to Hu Zi and Lanlan."
The two children said thank you in unison and ran away.
Grandma Yu was worried and shouted, "There are so many people here today, don't go to dark places. Huzi, take your sister with you."
Sun Xia went back to her parents' home today and will stay there for one night before coming back.
"Don't worry, grandma." Hu Zi ran away, but his voice still came back.
Xu Guoqing appeared out of nowhere, looking at me eagerly, "Sister?"
"Whatever you want to eat, just take it yourself." Li Xiyue handed over the snacks in her hand.
Xu Guoqing took half a bag of soybeans, half a bag of orchid roots, and a handful of fried peanuts. When he left, he stuffed two roasted sweet potatoes into her hands.
"This brat, he exchanged two roasted sweet potatoes for so many things from me." Li Xiyue scolded with a smile.
Fang Yue'e came over holding Panpan, "Doctor Li, I have some dried meat. I'll give you some."
"Give the dried meat to Xiao Panpan, and Auntie, eat the orchid roots." Li Xiyue said with a smile.
Jerky is difficult to make and wastes a lot of meat. Only Xu Dashan, who loves his wife and children, is willing to make it. Other people would not be so wasteful.
Fang Yue'e took a few orchid roots and stuffed a few pieces of dried meat into her mouth, "Then let's take turns eating."
Li Xiyue couldn't refuse, so she had to accept it. Not seeing Xu Dashan, she asked, "Where's Uncle Dashan?"
"There are too many people today and the team leader was afraid of accidents, so he arranged militia to guard the village entrance," said Fang Yue'e.
Li Xiyue secretly admired Xu Guoqiang. He was worthy of being the captain and militia leader, and he was very cautious.
But in this case, won’t Chen Xiong’s people be unable to get in?
"Doctor Li." Xu Jianmin also came with Gao Xiulan, who was pregnant.
Li Xiyue was a little worried, "Aunt Xiulan, there are a lot of people here today, and you're pregnant, so be careful."
"It's okay, I'll just come here to join in the fun and I'll be back soon." Gao Xiulan smiled and glanced at Xu Jianmin, who was standing beside her like a hen protecting her chicks, and said with a smile.
Xu Jianmin said cautiously, "Doctor Li, I'll protect her. She'll be fine."
Li Xiyue handed over the miscellaneous food in her hand, "Auntie, what do you want to eat?"
"You took so many?" Gao Xiulan looked at the variety, seven or eight. She grabbed a handful of fried soybeans, tasted one, and nodded, "Delicious."
After she got pregnant, she wanted to eat something spicy.
Li Xiyue smiled and said, "Grandma Yu fried it herself, how could it not be delicious? If you like it, I'll give you some more."
"No, no, I brought some dried plums. Do you want some?" Gao Xiulan took out a bag of dried fruits from her pocket.
Li Xiyue refused, "It must be very sour, I can't eat sour food."
"Okay." Gao Xiulan could only take it back, as if she was a little disappointed that the other party didn't want to eat it.
The first movie since going to the countryside finally started with everyone chatting and laughing.
The movie being shown was "The Five Heroes of Langya Mountain".
The movie begins with an intense war scene, which made everyone so excited that they even forgot to eat the snacks in their hands.
This kind of film with the characteristics of the times allows the older generation to empathize and makes young people and children understand how precious the current peaceful days are.
As the educated youth watched, they felt that the hardships of their daily work were nothing. Compared with the war-torn days before, their current life was simply heaven.
Li Xiyue was sitting on a small stool, also feeling excited as she watched.
Just as the movie entered its climax, Xiaobai came over and said, "Yueyue, two people sneaked into our residence."
It came as expected.
Li Xiyue said to Huang Xinrui, "I'm going to go to the bathroom. Please help me and tell me what happens next."
"Okay, go quickly and come back soon." Huang Xinrui took the snacks from her hand.
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